(Preposition)AT

AIM AT: the hunter aimed his arrow at the bird.

AGHAST AT:feel shocked. We all were aghast at the murder.

AGOG AT: very excited and interested at something. The children were

agog at the elephant they saw for the first time.

ALARMED  AT: we were alarmed at the sight of the lion.

AMAZED AT: very much surprised. I was amazed at ther sudden appearance at night.

ANGRY AT: annoyed and displeased. She was angry at the way she was ignored.

ANNOYED AT:he was annoyed at his behaviour.

APT AT:smart at learning. Nirmala is apt at learning at the chinease.

ARRIVE AT:he arrived at a firm decision.

BARK AT : to complain and worry. The dogs barked at the stranger.

BOIL AT: become hot enough to become gas. Waiter boils at 100 degress celsius.

CALL AT : to pay a visit. We called at her house.

CATCH AT: a drowning man catches at a straw.

CLAW AT: fight or damage with claws. The two eagles clawed at each other.

COME AT: to mvoe towards to attack. The bull came at her.

COMPETENT AT: be skilled, have authority or power. He  is competent at

playing football.

CONNIVE AT: neglect wrong doing. Parents often connive at their

childeren's mischiefs.

DAB AT:touch lightly with quickly stabbing movements. The child dabbed

at his cheeks with a flower.

DEFT AT: skillful, adept at. She  is deft at calculations.

DISGRUNTLED AT: resentful, displeased. ramesh is still disgruntled of

at not being invited.

DISGUST AT: strong disapproval or dislike. Who will not show disgust

at such a behavviour?

DRIVE AT: try to say. I know what would you drive at.

FIRE AT: shoot with a gun. The guard fired at the intruder.

FLY AT: get very angry with  somebody and express it. The mother flew

at her daughter in rage.

FROWN AT: express worry, anger, etc. Dhanajay frowned at his servant.

FUME AT:be angry. The employer fumed at the clerk at his delay.

GAPE AT:stare or gaze at in surprise. The villager gaped at the sky-scraper.

GASP AT: show surprise by taking quick and deep breahts. The

spectators gasped at the magician's tricks.

GET AT: manage to get. I could not get at the facts.

GET AT:keep criticising somebody. She has been getting at her mother-in-law.

GIBE AT:jeet at, make fum of somebody. the naughty boy gibed at her sister.

GIGGLE AT: laugh in a silly way. Three children giggled at each other.

GLAD AT: the husband was glad at his wife's success.

GLANCE AT:read quickly. He glanced at the news.

GNAW AT:feel worried and frightened. Something gnawed at her conscience.

GOOD AT: skilled, competent, able. Vimla is good at nothing.

GOGGLE AT: look at with eyes wide open in surprise. He goggled at me

as if I was not of this earth.

GRAB AT: grasp something or someone suddenly. She grabbed at the bag.

GRAB AT: take advantage of an opportunity. He grabbed at the chance

and became a minister.

GRASP AT: avail of an opportunity. He at once grasped at the opportunity.

GRASP AT: grab at, hold something with your hand and try to hold it

firmly. She grasped at the rope of the swing.

GRUMBLE AT: do not grumble at your lot.

GUESS AT: attempt to reach an opinion without proper facts and

information. You can only guess at the number of deaths in the train

accident.

HESITATE AT: do not hesitate at speaking the truth.

HINT AT: to say something indirectly in such a way as the other person

may guess its meaning.

HIT AT: aim a strike. He hit at his servant's nose.

HIT AT: try to harm or damage. The new development was sure to hit at

the morale of lkthe pakistanis.

HOOT AT: shout or laugh  at. the audience hooted at the speaker.

IMPATIENT AT: unable to deal patiently with someone or something. He

was again impatient at the delay.

INDIGNATION AT: feeling of anger. I could not conceal my indignatioon

at such a rude behaviour.

INEPT AT: without skill, unskillful. Rakesh is inept at writing letters.

JAB AT: poke at, push something roughly. The policeman jabbed at the crowd.

JEER AT: to laugh unkindly at someone. The children jeer at  the bagger.

JIB AT: be reluctant to do something. She jibbed at working overtime.

JIBE AT: a remark made to make someone appear silly. His jibe at her

did not succeed.

JUBILANT AT : be happy and excited. They were jubilant at her marriage.

JUMP AT: seize something excitedly. She at once jumbled up the table.

KEEP AT: force to continue doing something. The worker was kept at it

till evening.

KNOCK AT: someone is knocking at the gate.

LAUGH AT:he laughed at the beggar.

LEAP AT:seize an opportunity. They organised a free eye camp and so

many people leapt at the opportunity.

LOOK AT: take notice of something by seeing it. He was looking at the clouds.

LOOK AT: read a book etc. I had no time to look at the book.

LOOK AT: to examine. The doctor looked at his swollen fooot.

LOOK AT: to study or consider. You need to look carefully at his manners.

LOOK AT: to think about in a particular way. I know how do you look at

this problem.

MAD AT: crazy or angry about something or somebody. He got mad at me

when i told the bitter truth.

MARVEL AT: to feel surprise and admiration for someone or something. i

marvel at her tolerance.

MOAN  AT:express pain and unhappiness in long, low sound. the  child

moaned at his mother.

MOCK AT:to laugh at someone or something make fun of. They mocked at her dress.

NAG AT: make somebody feel continuously unhappy and annoyed. The

problem of short supply of sugar has been naggin at him.

NIBBLE AT: to show some interest in an offer or suggestion, take small

bites of food. At last  they began to nibble at the offer of sale.

OGLE  AT: to look at somebody in an offennsive way that suggests that

you think they are sexually attractive. The driver of the taxi ogled

at the lady passenger.

PALE AT: show fear, become pale at. She paled at the mention of a bomb.

PAW AT:rub a surface with a paw. The cat pawed at the trunk of the tree.

PEAK AT:eat only part of food etc. The boy pecked at his breakfast.

PEEK AT:look quickly at something. We could just peek at the hills

through the window of the plane.

PEEP AT: look quickly at something. She peeped at the boquet of flowers.

PEER AT: look closely at. The children peered closely at the elephant.

PICK AT: eat a few mouthfuls of food. Nitish picked at the lunch for a

few minutes and then pushed it away.

PICK AT:criticise, find fault with. Donot pick at the boy again and again.

PLAY AT:pretend to be somebody for fun. They played at thiefand policeman.

PLAY AT: do something half-heartedly. He simply played at the job.

PLUCK AT:pull sharply out at the strings. A child plucked at the

strings of a sitar.

POINT AT: he pointed at the tree.

POOR AT: not good at something. He was poor at calculation.

PREACH AT: give moral advice. She is in the habit of preaching at people.

PUT AT: to estimate price, cost, age etc. The cost of the project was

put at one thousand crore rupees.

QUICK AT:he is quick at figures.

QUAIL AT :become fearful, afraid, dismayed. They quailed at the

thought of another tremor.

RATE AT: regard to sbe of a particular standard. what would you rate

the building at?

RAVE AT: talk in angry and uncontrolled way. she raved at her maid

servant for her negligence.

REJOICE AT: feel excited and happy. They rejoiced at the birth of a son.

ROAT AT: address in a loud and deep voice. The speaker roared at the crowd.

SAW AT: cut with a saw. She was sawing at the root of a tree.

SCOWL AT: to look at somebody angrily. Why are you scowling at me?

SCREAM AT: cry at. She screamed at her mother.

SCREECH AT: produce a very unpleasant high noise. They screeched at

him to run away from the mad dog.

SELL AT: give for a price. He sold the goods at a good profit.

SICK AT: upset, unhappy,sad. She felt sick at heart at my departure.

SHOCKED AT: she was shocked at the news of his death.

SHUDDER AT: to think something as very bad or unpleasant.he shuddered

at thee very idea of violence.

SMILE AT: he smile at her.

SNATCH AT: try to hold something suddenly.Jyoti tried to snatch at the

purse byt i pullled it away.

SNEER AT: smile or speak in a very rough way to show your disrespect.

SNIFF AT:to smell. The dog sniffed at their bags.

SNIGGER AT:laugh unkindly and quietly. She sniggered at the simple food.

SNIPE AT:criticise somebody in a nasty way. They snipped at each other.

STARE AT:gaze at, look at intently. They stared at the stranger.

STRAIN AT:pull a rope etc. very hard. the children strained at the string.

STICK AT:not to change. Development seems to have stuck at the last

year's level.

STICK AT: continue to doing something. He stuck at one job throughout his life.

STRIKE AT:attack something, somebody. They were ready to strike at

their opponents.

SURPRISED AT: i was surprised at this news.

TEAR AT: try to break into pieces. The dog teared at the meat.

THROW AT:try to hit. He threw the stone at the dog.

THROW AT:do something aiming at somebody. He threw a flower at him.she

threw galces at him.

THRUST AT:aim,direct oneself. He thrust his umbrella at the conductor.

TUG AT: give a strong pull. He tugged at the door handle.

VALUE AT: determine the value. The property was valued at one crore rupees.

WAIT AT: serve at the table. His job was to wait at the table.

WINK AT: close and open one 's eye as a sign of friendship, an

invitation. nobody would appreciate his winking at girls.

WONDER AT: be surprised. I wondered at her abrupt departure.

WORK AT: give through to get rid of a problem. I have been working at

the problem.

WORRY AT: think very much about a problem. You will often find sadhna

worrying at her problems.

ADEPT AT/IN: skilled in doing something. Garima is adept at cooking new dishes.

ARRIVAL AT/IN: the act of arriving. It happend after our arrival at New York.

ARRIVE AT/IN: reach a place. They arrived in night from jaipur.

EXULT AT/IN: show happiness and pride. The Pandava Princess exulted at

their victory over the Kauravas.

INSTALL AT/IN: to settle somewhere. He was installed in as a chancellor.

MASTER AT/IN: be an expert in something. He is a master at lying.

DISAPPOINTED AT/WITH: dissatisfied with. My father was disappointed at

my brother's failure.

INDIGNANT AT/WITH: be angry. She was indignant at his silly behaviour.

LODGE AT/WITH: stay somewhere against payment. He lodged ata hotel in the city.

HEAVE AT/ON: to lift something with one great effort. She heaved at a

basket load of fruits.

JERK AT/ON: to pull suddenly in arough manner. The goat jerked at the

rope to get loose.

PULL AT/ON: breathe smoke from a pipe etc. He pulled on his cigarette.

RAP AT/ON: make a sudden and sharp blow. Somebody rapped on the door.

SPIT AT/ON: a blow a small amoint of saliva out of your mouth.

ACROSS AT/TO: from one side to another. The general loocked across at

his troops on the hill.

ALARMED AT/BY: worried and afraid. The authorities were alarmed at the

rapidly increasing crimes in the city. alarmed by the noise the animal

ran away.

APPALLED AT/BY: very shocked and disappointed. We were appalled at the

day light murders.

DISGUSTED AT/BY: disappointed, intense feeling of dislike. I was

disgusted by his falsehood.

ELATED AT/BY: feel happy, be in high spirits. They were elated by the good news.

EXCEL IN/AT: be extremely skilled in. Dhyanchand excelled in hockey.

FRET ABOUT/AT: be ill-tempered. He began to fret at the delay.

GUILT ABOUT/AT: sense of shame and sadness because of something done

wrong. he still had a feeling of guilt at hurting the cow.

LAUGH ABOUT/AT: make fun by laughing. The kids laughed at the beggar.

SORE ABOUT/AT: upset and angry. Why are you sore at me.

LICK AT/AGAINST: touch with a quick movement. The flood water began to

lick at the houses.

RAGE AT/AGAINST: to feel very angry. Martha raged against exploitation

of woman. he always raged at injutise.

RENT AT/ FOR: the amount of money paid as rent. It was rented for rs

5,000,00 per month.

SHOOT AT/FOR: try to achieve an aim. We expect to shoot at 25 percent

growth in out exports.

FUMBLE AT/FOR WITH: search about or do something with hands awkwardly.

He fumbled in collecting the ball in the field.

GAZE AT /UPON:stare, look long and steadily. He gazed at the

snow-capped mountains.

IRRITATED ABOUT/AT/WITH/BY:feel annoyed and angry. She was irritated

by his silly behaviour.